Temperature-driven switching of water adhesion on organogel surface.

Yao, Xi; Ju, Jie; Yang, Shuai; Wang, Jianjun; Jiang, Lei · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Temperature-driven switching of water adhesion is realized on a novel n-paraffinswollen organogel by thermally controlling the transition of air/liquid/solid (ALS/ALLS) systems via the phasechange process of n-paraffin. The thermal control of both the water-drop sliding motion and the switching of the optical transparency shows potential applications in scientific research and daily life.